Public Notice 1996-2

Application for Certification:
ACTRA Performers Guild, a Member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television & Radio Artists
Tribunal File No. 95-0015-A

In accordance with subsection 25(3) of the Status of the Artist Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby gives notice that it has received an application from the ACTRA Performers Guild, a Member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television & Radio Artists, for certification to represent a sector composed of all artists engaged as performers in television and radio productions, live or recorded by any means whatsoever, for broadcast or other use by a producer, by means of direct off-air transmission, or by transmission or distribution by wire, satellite or by any means whatsoever, save and except:

1. musicians who are within the jurisdiction of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada;
   
   
2. performers within the jurisdiction of the Union des Artistes;
   
   
3. performers engaged in live theatrical and like productions within the jurisdiction of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.

Any artists' association that wishes to make a competing application for certification in respect of the same sector or any part of the same sector must file its application for certification no later than March 18, 1996. Competing applications for certification should be sent to the address below.

Any artist, artists' association or producer affected by this application wishing to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the proposed sector must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than March 18, 1996.

Any artist or artists' association affected by this application wishing to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the representativeness of the applicant must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than March 18, 1996.

Affected parties should make their interest known by facsimile or mail to the:
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
8th Floor West, 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1A1
Facsimile No. (613) 947-4125.

Elizabeth Macpherson
Secretary General